Return to the moon

• Autores: Leah Crane
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3157-3158, 2017, pág. 31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Everyone is going to the moon, so they say. Between national space programmes and private initiatives, 2018 is the goal launch year for at least eight different missions to the moon, making it the most popular destination outside low Earth orbit. Elon Musk said last year that SpaceX plans to send two tourists on a jaunt around the moon in 2018 using his Falcon Heavy rocket and Crew Dragon capsule. Neither of these have flown yet, so they face significant testing before their intended launch date at the end of the year, and even a minor issue with one of them could delay the journey.